One band I have always liked is the band Marilyn Manson. I first fell in love with them in my early years of high school in the early two thousands, and I was especially excited when I was in my first year of high school and they released a …

This is Slipknot’s fourth album and third on Roadrunner Records, this time produced by Rick Rubin, and released in 2003. Slipknot changed their masks again, evolving them even further. Prelude 3.0 is a sort of introduction, the 3 comes from this being the third major release by the band. …

Plug In Baby is a track by Muse which appears on Origin Of Symmetry. Along with Knights Of Cydonia, Plug In Baby seems to be one of the more well known songs by Muse, because it appeared on I believe Guitar Hero or possibly Rock Band. However, the difference …

The song Try Me is a ballad by the english hard rock melodic band UFO. It is off the album Lights out released in 1977 and in my opinion one of the bands best ballads along with Love to Love. The song starts out with a piano intro …

Operator is a song by the Grateful Dead which appears on their album American Beauty. Opening up with a light guitar rhythm and a background rhythm, the song immediately has a fairly country-like feel to it and this is only reinforced once the vocals come in. I should mention …

“Mule Variations,” though maybe not his most appreciated album, is probably in my top five by Tom Waits. It’s gritty, folk-based, but not really limited to genre. While not every track did it for me, the ones that did nailed it. And of course, with any album by Waits, …

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Bringing It All Back Home. Beginning with an outtake of the band recording, the track soon launches into the actual recording of the track which immediately has some differences to Dylan’s songs on the …

“Horsemen of the Invisible” appears on the Secret Chiefs 3 album “Book M”. Now for those of you who are open to new music, I highly recommend checking this band out. They are incredibly talented and incorporate a ton of different instruments, from your standard guitars, bass, drums and …

Lana Del Rey is undoubtedly one of the most polarizing figures in modern music. Ever since breaking it big with “Video Games”, she has faced a decidedly lukewarm reception. One must doubt whether it’s her music or just her over-all aesthetic that her detractors have an issue with. Upon …

This is actually music from the pilot movie to Stargate SG-1 called “Children of the Gods.” The stars were Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, and Christopher Judge.
The first track is the main title, which is the familiar theme loved and so well known to fans. …

Jordin Sparks hit single tattoo was leaked on to radio stations and online august twenty third when the actual release date was august twenty seventh two thousand and seven. This girl is only seventeen and she was on American idol and won the competition. after she won she signed …

Even though I am a fan of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and listened to some of their albums as soon as they were released, which was certainly the case with their 2003 album Take Them On, On Your Own, and their 2005 album Howl, I actually missed the release …

This is Sepultura’s 11th album, it is a concept album and a tribute to the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange. The album was released January 23 of 2009, in my opinion the first highly anticipated metal album of the year, my hopes were really high, I love A …

The Handshake is the penultimate song on MGMT’s second release, Oracular Spectacular. The start of this track is interesting in that it features a prominent and distinct piano opening which is a nice break from all of the synthesizers. The Handshake is similar to Pieces Of What in that …

Five Stop Mother Superior Rain is a song by the Flaming Lips and the fifth track on their album In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, Coyne comes in with the vocal melody to the song which takes on a far more somber tone …

This is a live album by Korn released in 2006, compiling odds and ends of material you are likely to already own. Most of these songs are from the special edition of Greatest Hits Vol.1, the hidden track Earache My Eye is the hidden track from follow the leader, …

Overview —“ A Matter Of Life And Death, Iron Maiden’s fourteenth effort and most recent album to date, is certainly one of Maiden’s most ambitious records where they certainly show off a lot of musicianship and excellent songwriting without worrying about track length at all. Just from looking at …

This fantastic CD, the first release by the band Slow Runner features great musical ballads that will keep you singing well into
the night. Michael Flynn, the bands lead singer previously released the exact same album under his name, this re-release under the bands new name Slow Runner is all …

After achieving success with Sweet Kisses, Jessica Simpson, appeared with Sweetest Sin on the album titled, In This Skin. More exciting and more excited. Great formula of imitating other singers such as Kylie Minogue, she hummed songs expertly. As a happy wife of Nick Lachey, in this album, Jessica …

I think that there are many things to like about this album, and only a couple things to dislike. I would give it a rating of seven out of ten. I remember how I liked the album a lot at first, but somehow only a few songs on the …

Overview —“ Together Through Life, Bob Dylan’s 33rd released studio album shows the man still has the drive to make music but it just isn’t as good as what it once was. Obviously I don’t expect Dylan to release another Highway 61 Revisited or Blonde On Blonde, although his …

Krs-One is a song by Sublime and the twentieth song on their first release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening with an acoustic guitar pattern, Nowell comes in with the vocals of the track and sings with a tone that actually sounds significantly different than any of his other deliveries …

Unbroken Chain is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel. The song starts off in an incredibly melodic fashion which includes an acoustic guitar, a piano, and a very melodic bass line as well. Phil Lesh takes lead vocals …

Canadian rockers Finger Eleven have been kicking it now for more than eleven years. From the underground smart-grunge sounds of their 1997 debut album “Tip” to the emotive and acoustic-laden drones of 2003’s self-titled outing, they’ve managed to run the gamut within the confines of alternative hard rock.
But with …

Getting Smaller, a song by Nine Inch Nails for their record With Teeth, is quite an aggressive song and certainly strikes me as one of Reznor’s better songs, at least for this record at least. Getting Smaller is a pretty straightforward track which wastes no time getting into the …

Sean Paul is a dancehall/reggae singer/artist from Jamaica and I absolutely love his music. he recently released a new album named “A New Age 2008″ which contains a total of 12 individual tracks with all the track times equaling to an astonishing 40 minutes and 23 seconds. I have …

Before The Lobotomy is a song by Green Day which appears on their album 21st Century Breakdown. The song starts off with a clean guitar riff that has a pretty melancholy tone to it and just a sad tone overall. Once Armstrong comes in with the very melodic vocal …

Paper Planes by M.I.A. is a song that I like a lot. Paper Planes is a song you can not pass up and the song is just fantastic. The words make very little sense to a lot of people but not to me. The song talks about how this …

Six years after releasing 2 phenomenal hardcore-packed EP’s, “Rudimentary Peni” and “Farce”, Rudimentary Peni released “Death Church”, one of the darkest, gloomiest, bleakest punk records ever pressed and by far their most solid release to date.
Nick Blinko’s vocal style changes yet again; here it is a lot like …

The 21st century began with great news on the music world with the incarnation of some hard rock supergroups like “A Perfect Circle”, “Velvet Revolver” and “Audioslave”. This last one was created on 2001, when the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine (after Zack de la Rocha left …

Smoky Mountain Rain is a song where Ronnie Milsap is singing about a man who is headed for Los Angelis to pursue his dream when he changes his mind and heads back to the smoky mountains to his girl friend. Like many though she has decided to move on …

“Slaves of Pain” is the sixth song on the thrash masterpiece “Beneath the Remains” by Sepultura. In my personal and humble opinion, this is the best song on the entire album. This song alone showcases almost everything Sepultura has to offer at that point and time in their career. …

The Fragile is the title track of a record released by Nine Inch Nails. The track starts off with Reznor singing along with a simple drum rhythm in a somewhat eerie fashion as a bass line can also be heard gradually getting louder in the song. Reznor’s vocal delivery …

If you have ever seen the Movie Tommy you may know that there was a song on the soundtrack named Pinball Wizard. It’s by the classic rock group The Who. The song relates to what the movie is about. A kid who is deaf,dumb, and blind but somehow …

Born Of Fire is a song by Slayer which appears on their record Seasons In The Abyss. The track opens up in an extremely fast and aggressive fashion, a lot of this thanks to Dave Lombardo’s drumming during the intro. Araya soon comes in with the traditional Slayer lyrics, …

Sister, by Sonic Youth is an album that one has to learn to like. Its beauty does not reveal itself at once, but one has to understand the music before it becomes possible to enjoy it.
When speaking about this album, for me personally, two tracks stand out head and …

Everything Is is the first EP released by Neutral Milk Hotel which is comprised of four tracks: Everything Is, Snow Song Pt. 1, Aunt Eggma Blowtorch, and Tuesday Moon. In terms of the diversity of the record, I would say that the EP does do a pretty good job …

I am a die hard metal fan, and so, like many die hard metal fans I love listening to the band Pantera, even though they have not been together for the longest while. Their albums from the early nineties remain my favourite too, and one of these albums is …

I can tell you want to fuck by 504 Boyz is a song me and some of my home girls like to listen to all the time because we like the beat and the song is just romantic to us. Just this past Wednesday we were jamming to this …

Judas Priest is a heavily Sabbath influenced band that carried on the tradition of the overall attitude present within the British brand of metal.Their significance ranks right up there with the other important pioneers of Heavy Metal.When British Steel was released a brought a new found interest in the …

Psycho is a track by System Of A Down which appears on their second record, Toxicity. The track does a good job of establishing a very dark atmosphere in the beginning of the song due to a hypnotizing simple bass rhythm which is soon accompanied by a characteristic guitar …

Britney Spears has started out her career at a very young age. It was clear that she was always driven and determined to succeed. Her first gig was as a singer in the very successful show at the time The Mikey Mouse Club. Later on she kept on …

Pantera released “Far Beyond Driven”, on March 15,1994.The album received mixed reviews and critical acclaim.It remains one of their most brutal efforts to date.The music itself is powerful, raw, formulated, inspired, aggressive, and unrelenting.Back in 1994 Pantera came full force delivering an honest message that was unknown at the …

The Fallen Angel is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Brave New World. The best way that I can describe the instrumental opening of this track is that it has a very driving sound to it both from the three guitarists, Harris’ galloping rhythm, and …

I Was There is a song by Green Day which appears on their debut record 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. The song starts off with a generic guitar riff consisting of some simple chords before the drums come in with a nice pounding rhythm which at least give something interesting …

Wal-Mart parking lot by Chris Cagle Is a song that reminds me so much of my town right now because that is all there is to do here. They shut down the skating rink so that leaves us Wal-Mart. It�s fun to listen to this song and know …

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door is a song by Bob Dylan written for the soundtrack to Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, notably to be covered by Guns N Roses later on. I’ll admit that the first version of this song which I heard was the Guns N Roses version, …

I Get Wet is the debut album by Andrew W.K., a guy who seemingly appeared from nowhere with the release of this album in 2001, the music is heavy, but not heavy enough to be metal, it’s hard rock and every song here is about partying (or almost) the …

I am a huge fan of 80’s idie rock and alternative. Well, indie period. My favorite band is Depechmode, and for the first time I have found something that they can be compared to. Now I’m not saying they are equal, but almost and if you are a Depechmode …